Remember This

For the story you never found time to write

Your photos remember more than you do.

Remember This reads the photos, voice memos and notes on your Mac and writes back your story, period by period: what happened, who was there, and how your kids grew up. You fix it, add what only you know, and share it.

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Apple Silicon (M1–M5) or Intel, macOS 14 or later; Windows 10 or later. Runs on your own AI subscription: Claude (Anthropic) or ChatGPT (OpenAI, through Codex).

An example month · Coming in the next version of the app

March 2019 · The move to Lisbon

You flew out on the 4th with two suitcases and the cat in a carrier. The first week is mostly the empty flat and the view from its kitchen window. On the 17th you recorded a voice memo on the tram: "I think we're going to like it here." By the end of the month there are two dinners with Ana and Miguel, and the first photo of the street market on Saturday.

People this month: Ana and Miguel (new neighbours), Leo (your son)

It asks you one thing: "Who took the photo on the roof terrace on the 23rd?"

Written from that month's photos, voice memos and notes. You change what it got wrong.

How it works

You don't write anything to start. You already took the photos.

Photos · Voice Memos · Notes

  1. 1
    Point it at what you have

    Your Photos library, voice memos and notes, already on your Mac. It goes back years, not only from today.

  2. 2
    It drafts each month

    Where you were, who was there, what you said about it at the time. One month at a time, in the background.

  3. 3
    It asks what only you know

    Where there are gaps, it looks things up and then asks you, like an interviewer would, by voice if you like. You correct it; it remembers next time.

Who mattered, and when

The student years had their people, the first job had others, and some friends were there for all of it. Each period keeps its people: your inner circle, old friends, colleagues, neighbours.

Coming in the next version of the app

Their first years, kept for them

You have thousands of photos of your kids and no time to sort them. Remember This keeps their story too, year by year, to give them when they are grown.

Coming in the next version of the app

Then you share it

The months gather into years and the years into chapters. Out of them you make what you want to give: a year in review for old friends, a letter to your family, your autobiography.

Sharing is coming in a later version

  • Chapters, not a data dump

    Pick an era—the most recent is pre-selected—and get one focused, readable chapter. Come back to the same era anytime; each pass builds on the last.

  • It asks only what it can't know

    Who's in the 2019 photos, what mattered that year. Answer by voice or text; every correction is kept for the chapters after it.

  • You can always see what it's doing

    Writing (step away), waiting on your answers, or done. Every month and chapter is plain text in your own folder.

Read the v0.12 announcement →

You're still writing it

Your story reads as one timeline, from years ago to last week. It runs forward too, to the months and years ahead: not a to-do list, but the story you want to be living.

Coming in a later version

Your life shouldn't live in someone else's database.

Your story is kept in one folder on your Mac, as plain text you can read, edit, back up and take anywhere. Your photos stay in your Photos library. The writing is done by your own AI subscription, Claude or ChatGPT.

Plain text files · In a folder you own · Written by your own Claude or ChatGPT

If you've tried the other ways

  • Weekly-question services email you a question and wait for you to write. This writes from what you already have, and asks only what it can't know.

  • Journal apps start today and need you every day. This starts with the years behind you.

  • Photo memories play you a slideshow. This tells you what happened.

Pay what you decide

The whole app, at any amount including nothing. The real running cost is your AI subscription, which you pay to Anthropic or OpenAI.

€20 / month
in euros
Pick this if what it brings you is worth more than €50 a month.
NothingAbsurd
Buy your licence — €20/month
Incl. VAT · change the amount or stop any month from your account. The app itself is the same app at every price, including zero. The AI is a separate choice you make in the app: your own AI subscription, Claude (Anthropic) or ChatGPT (OpenAI, through Codex), which is the real cost and the cheapest way.
The whole app, every month
Everything on your Mac, no limits: the archive, the biographer, the iPhone companion and sync. Modest nagware: now and then we'll ask you for a favour.
Free
The favour-ask, yours to switch off
Now and then we ask a small favour. One euro puts the switch in your hands, and whether you use it is up to you.
€1+
The private channels
A walled room with the other supporters and the person building this — where you find out what is coming, and say what should.
€5+
Your business on our homepage
A line and a link, from one small company to another.
€50+
Monthly 1:1 sessions
A standing call each month on the app and the AI underneath it: getting your archive and Life Book right, and whatever you want it to do next.
€150+
Official sponsorship
Named as a sponsor on our homepage, and credited in what we send out: release notes and launch posts.
€500+
Nothing further
Same app. We've run out of things to give you and we're a bit emotional about it.
€2,000+
Please sleep on this one
If it still seems right in the morning, it's your money, and we will say thank you.
€10,000
Move it whenever you like.
Up, down, or back to zero, whenever you like — from your account page on this site. It takes effect immediately, pro-rated against the month you have already paid for. A quiet month is a good reason to lower it, and we'd rather you did that than stopped using it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is my story kept?

In one folder on your Mac (~/Remember This/ by default), as plain markdown files you can open in any editor. Your photos and voice memos stay where they are. To write, it uses your own AI subscription, Claude (Anthropic) or ChatGPT (OpenAI), and what it reads is sent to that company: mostly text made on your Mac, such as descriptions of your photos, transcripts of your voice memos and your notes, plus a small copy of a photo when it needs to look at one.

How is this different from Storyworth?

Storyworth emails a question every week and you write the answers, usually as a gift for a parent, and you get a printed book at the end. Remember This writes the first draft itself, from your own photos and notes, and it is your story. It cannot print a book yet; if that is what you need this year, Storyworth does it well.

What do I need?

A Mac with macOS 14 or later, and your own AI subscription: Claude (Anthropic) or ChatGPT (OpenAI, through Codex). That subscription does the writing and is the real running cost; the app itself is pay what you decide.

Can I use this on iOS or Android?

The app runs on macOS only (Apple Silicon recommended). Your rollups and notes sync to Obsidian Mobile via iCloud or Obsidian Sync—the Notes folder is small and syncs quickly. You capture on mobile (photos, voice memos), process on Mac, and view your context everywhere.

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Remember This starts with the years already on your Mac, yours and your family's, so there is something to read from the first day.

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